Ds. Sergeev et al., CLEAVAGE OF DOUBLE-STRAND DNA BY BLEOMYCI N DERIVATIVES OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FORMING A TERNARY COMPLEX, Bioorganiceskaa himia, 21(3), 1995, pp. 188-196
Hexadecathymidylate derivatives, containing covalently-bound antitumor
antibiotic bleomycin Ag, were shown to form a triple-helix complex wi
th double-strand 30-bp DNA-target and to carry out within this complex
complementary-addressed DNA modification. Fivefold excess of reagent
in relation to target leads to non-specific cleavage mainly of pyrimid
ine-rich DNA strand. Total degrees of the target-strand cleavage by 5'
- and 3'-bleomycin derivatives of hexadecathymidylate were 25 and 35%
for purine-rich strand and 47 and 36% for pyrimidine-rich strand. Degr
ees of non-specific cleavage by 5'-bleomycin derivative of hexadecanuc
leotide that does not form triple-helix were 6 and 16% for purine- and
pyrimidine-rich strands, respectively. Comparison of these data has s
hown that site-specific cleavage prevailed nonspecific one. Tripler of
5'-bleomycin derivative with DNA melted by 5 degrees C lower (m.p. 40
degrees C) than the similar tripler of hexadecathymidylate. Temperatu
re lowering from 50 to 20 degrees C increases the DNA-cleavage degree
according to the increase in the part of target molecules involved in
triple-helix formation.